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Quarry Incline at Cwm Penmachno (Lower Part)

Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cwm Penmachno, Bro Machno, Conwy, designated on 17 July 1992.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Quarry Incline at Cwm Penmachno (Lower Part), Bro Machno, Conwy, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Industrial
Date of designation
17 July 1992
Locality
Cwm Penmachno
Community
Bro Machno
Unitary authority
Conwy
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.00511, -3.86246
Cadw reference
5877

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Foot of incline approximately 300m to S of Glanaber Terrace. Reached via path beginning at SH 752 472.

Mid C19 incline for transport of slate from quarry terraces; part of disused Cwm Machno slate quarries.

Incline of two tracks and of the water balanced type, engineered into series of quarry terraces. Slate waste rubble incline with two parallel tracks at slightly different inclinations. Tracks have surface of flat slabs. At head of section, trackway is set at lower level between platform of slate rubble masonry. At foot of incline, flat track with slab surface.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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